verb
1.
Synonyms: improve 1, amend, better, help, meliorate
Related Word: alleviate, lighten, mitigate, relieve
Contrasted words: damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil; aggravate, intensify
Antonyms: worsen; deteriorate
2.
Synonyms: improve 3, convalesce, gain, look up, mend, perk (up), recuperate